Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

***********~***~**~W~W~W ' Desert Hotline MID·AMERICAN NATIONALS OKLAHOMA CITY STATE FAIRGROUNDS MAY 20,21 &22 ~. • Brooks wins Sled Riders D-37 Hare and Hound By Gary Laudig LUCER N E V LY., CA, MAY 8 Tom Brooks (KTM) won the Larry Pfu tzen reuter Memorial/Mitch Mayes Benefit Hare and Hound held in Lucerne Valley by the Sled O Making the p roper gea r select ion R 1d ers M C the racers m ad e it u p th e steep sand0 0 Brooks had a slim lead ove r second p lac e Bob Gilbert as they cleared the bomb , the n b lasted into th e sand wash tha t hooked to th e left lead ing into th e foothills to the rig ht a nd be hin d Victor Pass. Cr estin g th e trail t hat d umped into the sa nd ca nyon , Br ooks, ' who looked like a lumbe rj a ck as he substitu ted a pl aid shirt for a jersey, ha d about a 15-yard lead over Gilbert who had about th e sa me d istance on th ird place Max Eddy. The next bike was ridden by Rover Mark Stormes , who had fast DRA rider Tom Kelly right on h is fen der. Before t he riders got into th e left-h and sand canyon th e trail had an abrupt d ip th at put a lot of riders' brakin g ab ilit y tothe test . Ch uck Per rigrew , reco vering n icel y from a six-kick start , p ropelled his Wh ee lsm it h m ount throu gh th e canyon a n d ou t of sig ht before Bill altzm a n appeared ; followed by Bob Q uibed ea ux ; then first seni or Bru ce Lewellyn of Dez M .C . ; Desert Knig ht im Edmondson , who is rid ing ou t of ick Allen 's Yam ah a ; J oei Stankovich ; Bria n Wright ; John Prater , J r. (first ma teur); and Ron Beb o. The course ran ou t ac ross th e va lley ' asi n int o a red d ish rock y mi n ing rea. Makin g a n S·type turn to avoid a asty hole on th e right , th e trail ropped over th e side of th e 'roc ky ownh ill a nd turned left at th e ottom , catching th e co rner of a small ry lake, and -rock uphill. At th is poi nt , Na te Sciaq ua was trying to close th e gap bet ween him a nd first -p lace J o hn Pra ter , who had a five-bi ke lead . Steve Ekha rd t and Alan Thomas na vigated th e off-camb r, left -ha nded sand, hi ll. From this point on , th e terrain was completely unfam iliar to the riders. T h e beginner/ novice start got underway with Rodney Busse of t he Rovers. lea di ng second p lac e STeve Nicholson by so m uch tha t one has to believe Busse bo rrowed a tra nsport er fro m St a r T rek . T h ird to t he sand ' ca nyo n was Da vid Chase at second 250 ; chased by Ca ry Covin gt on , 250 ; J im Pothi er , secon d heavy; Bo b White ; James Ow in gs; Mike Mu rray, first C bike. Jay Ganon g blocked second C bik e rider Bob Henson . Paul Krause of the Desert R a ts had first trai l a t 22 nd overa ll; Dan T hiel was second t rail , 16 spots ba ck . First gi rl was Sheila Hopkins , do ing a go od jo b of bird dogging Bob Gable. By thi s tim e Brooks had settle d down to doing wh at he does best , putting distance bet ween himself a nd t he n ext e xpe rt /a m a te u r r id e r . C learing t he sma ll sa n dy can yon Brooks ' KT M crossed over th e road with th e pyramid lianks a nd hea ded ou t in t th e four-mil e sec tio n of never before -ridden ro ug h stu ff. This led to a sa nd wash th at looked like it came from Parker , Ariz.. with small t rees a nd deep sa nd . Shooting up th e stee p • ,' C'"•• THE BIG BIKES ARE COMING ! And along with the American Motorcycle Association's high speed two wheelers- the . circuit's top and tough est riders. The record breakers . The big boys . See 'em eat up the track while they compete for cyc ling 's heavyp rize money. Y ou'll want to catch all the ac tion from the first flag on. So come on out-ea rly' TICK ET INFORMATION: Tickets availab le at Hugo 's HarleyDavidson, Inc ., 407 N. Rockwell, Oklaho ma City , Okla. 73127. Phone: (405) 787-9440. \ Discover one of a kind. Camel Filters and Motorcycle Racing. C 1977 A J REYNOL DS I08 ACCO CO ~ THEeAMEL PROSERI S 19 mg."tar", 12 mg. nicotine a'. per cigarette, FTC Repon OEC.'76. Wa rning : The S urgeon General H Determined as T C hat igarene Smoking Is D angerous toYour Health. 11

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